Done a runner

Regarding Stephen Thomas’s reply to BR Easton’s question in your October issue, I would suggest that “Rua Santos” (visible on the service record you printed) is actually “Run Santos”, indicating that Frank Bates ‘ deserted’ from HMS Volage at Santos in Brazil. There is no indication that he was recovered from ‘ desertion’, so what happened to him remains a mystery. Barrie K Downer, Barrow in Furness Submariners Association